41-24431 | American Air Museum

41-24431 The Saint

Assigned 401BS/91BG [LL-G] Bangor 27/8/42; Bassingbourn 11/10/42; detailed mechanical trip to Honington, Sfk. 16/2/43 but crashed on attempted t/o with Earl Riley, Co-pilot: Earl Dosier, Navigator: Roy Schwendiman, Bombardier: Edwin Bush, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Noah Kirk, Radio Operator: Bob Lee, obs-Lt Harry Beasley, (7 Returned to Duty), 5m Salvaged. THE SAINT.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 401st Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group.

401st Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.

91st Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

First Lieutenant Harold Beasley,of the 91st Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress. Press caption for image series: ‘EXCLUSIVE PICTURES AS CREWS RETURN FROM RAID. Night and Day air blitz of enemy continues. “Forts” smash Axis factories at Antwerp. Raid carried out by crews who took part in Paris raid previous day. The greatest air offensive in history is being carried out by the Anglo-American air forces. For 72 hours bombs have been crashing down on Hitler’s Europe in the West almost nonstop. A

Harold H Beasley

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-379237
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Edwin Richard Bush

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 19049717 / O-727084
Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Role/Job: Bombardier

Earl E Dosier

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Nfn Harris

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 401st Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Captain
Role/Job: Pilot

Noah C Kirk

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 91st Bomb Group 323rd Bomb Squadron 401st Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Sergeant
Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner

Places

Aerial photograph of Bassingbourn airfield looking east, Whaddon is at the top, the bomb dump is to the left of the main runway, which runs vertically; the control tower and technical site with four C-Type hangars is on the right, 23 August 1945. Photograph taken by No. 542 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/UK/692. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Bassingbourn

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date7 Jul 2023 20:20:22

Contributorjmoore43

ChangesChanges to Aircraft Manufacturer, Description and Production Block Number

Sources

Added the Production block number and Manufacturer per info on the internet.

SOURCE: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/production-block/b-17f-5-bo-41-24390-41…

Date31 Jan 2017 12:23:22

ContributorLucy May

ChangesChanges to nicknames and person associations

Sources

Added connections from information in biography field.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:40:02

ContributorAAM

ChangesAAM ingest

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log